Instructions - How to Paint Tungsten

For many years, sport anglers relied on lead weights to carry their lures to the bottom of a lake or river. However, biologists discovered that the toxic nature of lead posed a threat to aquatic life. Lost lead weights had begun to pollute the lakes and rivers. Fortunately, a safer alternative was found and, today, lead weights have been largely replaced by tungsten. If you are using a tungsten weight, you should paint it to camouflage the shiny surface before casting your line in the water.

Instructions

1
Clean the tungsten weight with a cloth and some rubbing alcohol. Allow it to dry.

2
Paint the weight in the color you've selected. Use enamel metal paint and a small paintbrush or strong nail polish and a nail polish brush. Let dry thoroughly. Apply a second coat.

3
Inspect your collection of tungsten weights before each fishing trip. Over time, the paint will begin to flake with repeated use. When this happens, sand off the flaking paint and reapply a new coat of paint, following the steps described above.

Tips & Warnings
Tungsten is a very dense and strong metal. Because the surface of a tungsten weight is so strong and smooth, the surface cannot be roughed up using normal tools and the paint will not adhere to the surface as well as it would to other metals.

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